FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 13, 2008) – Several Kentucky celebrities from the genres of sports, music and media will help raise funds and awareness of state adoption at a celebration later this month.

Thursday’s Child Night with the Stars will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, at the Crown Plaza Hotel, 1375 S. Broadway in Lexington. The fundraiser is sponsored by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Thursday’s Child, a nonprofit group that helps promote adoption.

Guests can meet and mingle with these celebrities scheduled to attend the event:

— Rodger Bingham -- “Kentucky Joe” from the reality television series “Survivor”